General Practice Policy Officer

Do you want an exciting opportunity to help improve the health of the Scottish population

The post sits in the GPs andGeneral Practice Healthcare Inequalities Teamin the General Practice Policy Division of the Primary Care Directorate.

Primary care (especially general practice) is peoples usual first point of contact with the NHS and is provided by a range of clinical staff and non-clinical staff. Our team is responsible for driving work toreduce healthcare inequity and to help realise the uniquecapacity of general practice to help tackle entrenched health inequalities. The post will involve helping to develop and implement policy inan area which receives significant ministerial parliamentary and public scrutiny. We are also responsible for elements of improving mental health support in general practice. As well as sitting within wider developments for general practice in Scotland our work contributes to the First Ministers commitments on child poverty and aligns strongly with priorities in a new Population Health Framework with a commitment for a health inequalities action plan. .

Working as a policy officer with a commitment to delivery your principal focus will be on two key projects which are targeted in areas with high levels of deprivation and health inequalities. These are the Inclusion Health Action in General Practice (IHAGP) and Whole Family Support projects. You may also be asked to support the teams work on Community Link Workers. The role involves working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders; project management/monitoring; collaboration with SG analysts; and liaison with finance colleagues. Working flexibly to respond to emerging priorities is also key.

Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for project management of our Inclusion Health programme which helps 66 practices in deprived areas of Glasgow to tackle health inequalities. You will support the B3 lead and provide secretariat to the steering group and evaluation advisory group with opportunities for working with SG analysts.
• Develop clear and engaging communication and help to deliver support for the general practice teams that participate in the Inclusion Health programme.
• Support the B3 lead with oversight of our Whole Family Support project. This project aligns with the First Ministers priority of eradicating child poverty and offers opportunities to engage with diverse stakeholders and exposure to a live example of innovative partnership working across the public and voluntary sectors.
• Draft high-quality PQs Micase responses and ministerial briefing; updating core brief/FMQ; supporting FOIs.
• Provide flexible support on the teams wider work on healthcare inequity and health inequalities and the divisions wider work on general practice policy.

Location

This post is based in St Andrews House Edinburgh and in line with our current ways of working our team follows a hybrid working approach where colleagues use a mix of office based and remote working (working from home) depending on the requirements of the role and personal circumstances.

The post is afull-time role but staff with different working patterns are invited to apply and we will assess proposed working patterns against the business requirements for this post.

Further Information

Further information about this opportunity is available from Valerie Campbell